Covid-19 in Film and Television Watching the Pandemic

Synopsis

This collection explores the impact of Covid-19 on the production and consumption of television and film content in the English-speaking world. Offering in-depth analysis of select on-screen entertainment, the volume addresses entertainment’s changing role during and following the Covid-19 pandemic. It also studies the pandemic’s incorporation into the narrative of numerous series, films, and other televised formats, capturing the moments and contexts in which these developments emerged. Chapters examine the pandemic’s impact both on a micro- and macro level, focusing on the content as well as form of TV shows and films. Bringing together an international team of scholars, the book offers a range of perspectives, exploring phenomena such as the ‘YouTubification’ of audience-reliant late-night television, as well as films and TV shows such as Superstore, Grey’s Anatomy, and The Good Fight.Given the pandemic’s lasting impact on the film and television industries, this book will be a valuable read for scholars studying audience and viewer reception of on-screen content, and the impact of crises on cultural industries. It will also appeal to researchers in cultural studies, popular culture studies, television studies, internet studies, film studies, and media studies more broadly.

Book details

Series:

Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

Author:

Verena Bernardi, Amanda D. Giammanco, Heike Mißler

ISBN:

9781040146378

Related ISBNs:

9781003378143, 9781032445946, 9781040146279

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Pages:

N/A

Reading age:

Not specified

Includes images:

No

Date of addition:

2024-09-12

Usage restrictions:

Copyright

Copyright date:

2025

Copyright by:

selection and editorial matter, Verena Bernardi, Amanda D. Giammanco, and Heike Mißler 

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

Art and Architecture, Business and Finance, Communication, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology